Category: Arts
Sam Moore was more than a Soul Man – he was one of the 20th century’s great live performers
Sam Moore had put out a Christmas album in 1998, but it wasn’t until 2006 that he released his debut solo album proper. There was [more…]
The Jesus Lizard review – US rockers relive past glories, with added phlegm
The Jesus Lizard singer David Yow is not naked – which is probably for the best. It’s a cold night. But the frontman’s lack of [more…]
‘It’s the moment when genius comes into the universe’: the film recreating SNL’s chaotic first night
There is no show in history more obsessed with its own lore than Saturday Night Live. Almost every week the long-running sketch show is sprinkled [more…]
‘I don’t like being revered’: Brian Eno on art, AI, and why he hates talking about David Bowie
Brian Eno’s studio in Notting Hill is tucked away at the end of a cobbled mews, its facade a quarter of the normal size. The [more…]
Streaming: Pepe and the best animal films for grownups
If you liked Moo Deng, Thailand’s baby pygmy hippo who went viral last year, there’s still no guarantee that you’ll like Pepe – but how [more…]
Mel Gibson to cast de-aged Jim Caviezel in ‘acid trip’ sequel to Passion of the Christ
Mel Gibson says that he is going to cast a de-aged Jim Caviezel in his long-planned sequel to The Passion of the Christ, and that [more…]
Roger Pratt obituary
The cinematographer Roger Pratt, who has died aged 77, rendered some of cinema’s most spectacular fantasy worlds. His films included Harry Potter and the Chamber [more…]
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera review – Gerard Butler’s fun, flirty action bromance sequel
Aside from numbering among its fans the esteemed German arthouse stalwart Christian Petzold, 2018’s cops-and-robbbers potboiler Den of Thieves made a name for itself by [more…]
Franz Ferdinand: The Human Fear review – more revitalisation than reinvention
A sparkling 2015 collaboration with Sparks aside, Franz Ferdinand’s career has felt like an exercise in diminishing returns, each successive album slightly less interesting than [more…]
Ignore all the fresh horrors of reality … two School of Rock co-stars just got married! | Stuart Heritage
The world is a dark and dismal place at the moment. Every day we’re greeted by fresh horrors from every quarter. Political cravenness. Environmental collapse. [more…]
